GERMAN NEWS.

Hokitika Guardian, 30 November 1923, Page 3

GERMAN NEWS.

..'J'trSTKAMAN AND N.Z. CAULK ASSOCIATION RHINELAND lISKT. (li»cciv('i| this diiy ut 9.25 a.m.) LONDON. Nov. 29. 'rhc “Tim<‘,s" Cologne i•!>ri-<•.-}>!>ik 1 ci l l says Afntthes, head of the i’rovisioiiul Government of Rhineland Republic Jins boon dethroned by a coup d'etat, upparen t! y headed bv Doitco. According (~, Mattlios. quarrels arc niring ill the Separatist. Cabinet. Mo alleges dishonest a.ssucialos loupe plotted bis downfall. There is no news from Coblenz as to who succeeded IMatthes. Presumably Dorten has stepped into Ids shoes. TRKATAIKNT Op FRENCH. ["Tm-: Times" Sekvick.J ißsuic-ivcd this day at 9.-15 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 21). The ‘‘Tillies” Pans rorrcspniidcuf says attention is being called to the unenviable situation of I'T'eneh officials in Berlin and other parts of unoccupied Germany. 'lhey arc .subjected daily to petty annoyances by tierman landlords and tradespeople. Moreover the French hundred franc note only produces in Berlin six billion marks, .whereas it is worth fifteen Million at least, and 20 in Cologne. .French officials in Berlin are therefore obliged to draw from their private resources in order to maintain their position with becoming dignity. TH KJ ) LSAIt AIA AIKN TNOF GLR At A N A', (lfoceived this day at 12.25 p.m.) LON DON, November 29. Well informed quarters discredit the statement attributed by ‘To Alatin" ii. General Bingiuim, who is head of the ccntial .section of the Allied military control in Germany, that the dis-men-11.cut of Germany was completed months ago It. is pointed out that the latest note sent by the Confereiico of Ambassadors to Germany plainly intimate'! that the number of military clauses in the 'treaty of Vei.sailler. had not been y» carried out to the satisfaction of the Allies and since the dispatch, of this note no Allied eoutvol had boon exercised. Meanwhile large numbers of men, exceeding the treaty establishment, have been rapidly training. .Military experts express the opinion tlmi owing to the French occupation of the Ruhr, Germany at the present time is unable to provide artillery, but Krupps have cultivated close .relations, with Russia and Sweden though it is not yet possible to ascertain whether this (imcerned the manufacture or supply of guns. It is also pointed out that the Allies have seemed about hail’ tile Titles in Germany and there is little doubt that German small anus factories are turning these out and. ammunition on a large scale. Altogether the situation is regarded as potential tliougn not as an imminent menace.